Information for record number MWA4144:
Deserted medieval Settlement at Cawston

Summary Linear features, a trackway and enclosures of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features suggest that this might be the remains of a settlement. Verified by excavation. Occupied 12th & 13th century, deserted/shrunken by 15th. Thought to be a manorial complex or grange of Pipewell Abbey. The site is located at Cawston.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Trackway, Linear Feature, Enclosure, Blacksmiths Workshop, Building, Building, Manor House?, Cistercian Grange?
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 73
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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